Over the weekend, a message was circulated on social networks in Israel stating that “All US movies have been opened for free viewing.” The announcement was accompanied by a URL called nites that allegedly distributed the films. Soon, a parallel message was issued by an Israeli company on Twitter and Facebook warning of entry to the site and containing it A dangerous keylogger that infects the user who enters the site and recommends resetting your smartphone or computer if it does.
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However, a comprehensive review of the Calcalist website found that the things that were being claimed across the web about him were incorrect, to say the least.
Cyber researchers have identified suspicious things on the site such as his source located in Russia, or servers he is working on and impersonate Google. According to the researchers, these are private servers that are open to communication through the SSH protocol, which is considered to be the least secure, which also indicates the level of security of the site operators.
Doria Gilam, the head of an attack team at 2 BSecure, told Calcalist: “From a review we conducted on the control brigade and to the best of our knowledge, we did not find a Keylogger site that can collect user typing information. However, in our initial review, we identified a number of other warning lights related to the transfer of information from the site to external servers. ”
This is very good news for the concerned surfers, who wondered if they should reset their devices if they accidentally entered the site.
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Recall that the factory reset smartphone deletes any information it did not charge before. The result may be the loss of important data for no justifiable reason. This is even more problematic on a computer where the different applications are backed up (or not) by separate services depending on the software or app developer. Resetting a computer for example, for example, will cause even greater potential damage.
Gilam also said that “the information that goes out to us seems a lot and excess compared to the usual on parallel sites, and includes, among other things, the IP address of users and other unknown IPs, when all this is shared with many other sites. “. This is also our recommendation. Using pirated sites is not safe anyway, even if it does not infect you with damage.
The site can still track you and receive non-confidential personal information and use it to cross other personal data. This is exactly how web companies such as Google or Facebook know where you were even if you did not provide your location information. But unlike recognized companies, pirated sites trade this information with unknown and unreliable elements.
Gilam emphasized that “in general, it is advisable not to consume pirated content for two main reasons: a. Copyright infringement, B. To the same extent that site operators allow themselves, allegedly, to infringe copyright, they also allow themselves to incorporate malicious code aimed at attacking, on the occasion. , Plant commercials and more. ”
The conclusion from the test is unequivocal. There is no damage to the site distributed and we see no reason to reset a smartphone or computer only if you surfed it and even if you watched a movie through it. However, avoid clicking on links or advertisements that appear on the site. In some cases in the past, damage has been found in advertisements, even if it is a very rare phenomenon. In general, we recommend that you do not download any file from pirated sites, and if you receive a message asking you to approve an app download after clicking a link on the site, avoid it, because it can be really dangerous.
